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Jan 11 2015
News
Reaching Outside C.I.A., Obama Picks Treasury Official to Become Agency’s No. 2
President Obama has chosen the Treasury Department official who has directed the effort to cut off funding of the Islamic State and impose economic sanctions on Syria, Russia and Iran to become the C.I.A.’s deputy director, the agency announced on Friday.
The official, David S. Cohen, who as under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence has spent more than three years in
New York Times (News)Jan 05 2015
News
Obama dials up executive power
What do you do when you don’t have Congress? Keep the regulations coming. The Obama administration is preparing another active year of executive action in 2015, pumping out new rules and enforcing others for the first time — setting tougher standards on everything from air pollution to overtime pay to net neutrality, food safety, commercial drones, a college ratings plan and a crackdown on for
PoliticoNov 11 2020
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On Veterans Day, how President-elect Biden's plan for the Pentagon differs from Trump
The Pentagon under President-elect Joe Biden will face the same threats as it has under the Trump administration but will likely approach them in a different way, analysts say.
The Pentagon's massive $700 billion budget is unlikely to take deep cuts given those threats, they say. Clear breaks with Trump's approach to the military, however, are likely on social issues.
Trump's
USA TODAYJan 02 2016
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Trump Featured in Terror Recruitment
Somalia-based terrorist group Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda offshoot, released a new recruitment film on Saturday showing what it calls racial injustice in the U.S. and featuring clips of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
The 51-minute film shows a clip of Mr. Trump at a rally in December where he called for the U.S. to ban all Muslims from entering the country as his supporters
Washington TimesJun 24 2019
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US 'launched cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems'
The US launched a cyber-attack on Iranian weapons systems on Thursday as President Trump pulled out of air strikes on the country, US reports say.
The cyber-attack disabled computer systems controlling rocket and missile launchers, the Washington Post said.
It was in retaliation for the shooting down of a US drone as well as attacks on oil tankers that the US has blamed Iran for
BBC NewsOct 23 2012
News
In Final Debate: Some Sparks, But Also Points Of Agreement
oreign policy proved to be a subject that kept the tone mostly substantive tonight in the third and final debate between President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney before the Nov. 6 election.
While the president was the more aggressive of the two, sometimes interrupting his opponent and several times forcefully challenging things that Romney said, for the most part
NPR (Online News)Jan 13 2020
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Thousands of Iranian protesters hit streets condemning leaders over downed plane
Apologies from Iranian leaders over the downing of an airliner last week have done little to quell mass anti-government protests spreading across the country.
Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets this weekend condemning Iranian authorities for shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane and killing all 176 people on board.
The airliner disaster came hours after Iran fired
CNN (Online News)Jan 09 2020
Opinion
Iran’s Options in a Showdown with America Are All Bad
As long as Trump replies with air power disproportionate to any Iranian attacks, he governs the tempo of the confrontation.
After losing its top strategist, military commander, and arch-terrorist, Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian theocracy is weighing responses.
One, Iran can quiet down and cease military provocations.
After attacking tankers off its coast, destroying an oil
Victor HansonJan 07 2020
News
US troops out of Iraq? What that would mean for both countries.
A vote in Iraq’s Parliament and a supposedly errant draft letter from a U.S. general suggest American forces could soon be leaving. Would that benefit either party? No, say analysts, just Iran.
With his death, Iran’s Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani may be about to achieve one goal he strove for in life: Withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq.
Saying the United States had breached
Christian Science MonitorSep 15 2013
Opinion
Don’t underestimate Rand Paul as a 2016 presidential contender
The first nine months of 2013 have convinced us of one thing: Rand Paul acts, and the rest of the potential 2016 Republican presidential field reacts.
On drones, the senator from Kentucky led a 13-hour filibuster that drew Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), among others, to the floor in support. On Syria, Paul was out front in his opposition to a military strike — a position that more than two
Washington Post